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<blockquote data-quote="Hex08" data-source="post: 9032670" data-attributes="member: 7029595"><p>Ok, I have no idea what you are talking about. At no point did I say Amazon workers are asked to carry firearms or any of the other strawmen you introduced into your argument. I recommend you go back and reread your post and my response. The topic was wages and that is what I addressed.</p><p></p><p>Since you are introducing strawmen rather than addressing what I said I will go on...</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/21/15-minimum-wage-wont-cover-living-costs-for-many-americans.html" target="_blank">$15 is not a living wage</a>, when the minimum wage was <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/why-u-s-workers-need-a-25-per-hour-minimum-wage-51611858500" target="_blank">first introduced</a> it was not meant as just earning enough to survive it was meant to provide a decent living. If you work 40 hours a week every week for a year you earn $31200 a year before taxes and the amount of that you will lose to taxes will vary from state to state. Let's assume everyone lives in a state that collects no taxes (I have no idea how that government would function) that means after federal taxes you would be earning around $28400. <a href="https://www.rentable.co/rental-data" target="_blank">Rents vary from city to cit</a>y so I chose my city from the list I linked to and the average rent of a studio apartment (hopefully you don't have kids) is $1015 or $12180 a year leaving $16220. From that you have to pay utilities, buy food, make your car payment, pay insurance, pay for your cell phone and whatever other bills you have to pay out of necessity. All of those bills increase if you are not a single person with no kids. Then you have to cope with catastrophic events like a major car repairs or expensive medical bills.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-08-06/report-15-hourly-wage-isnt-livable-anywhere-in-the-us[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hex08, post: 9032670, member: 7029595"] Ok, I have no idea what you are talking about. At no point did I say Amazon workers are asked to carry firearms or any of the other strawmen you introduced into your argument. I recommend you go back and reread your post and my response. The topic was wages and that is what I addressed. Since you are introducing strawmen rather than addressing what I said I will go on... [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/21/15-minimum-wage-wont-cover-living-costs-for-many-americans.html']$15 is not a living wage[/URL], when the minimum wage was [URL='https://www.barrons.com/articles/why-u-s-workers-need-a-25-per-hour-minimum-wage-51611858500']first introduced[/URL] it was not meant as just earning enough to survive it was meant to provide a decent living. If you work 40 hours a week every week for a year you earn $31200 a year before taxes and the amount of that you will lose to taxes will vary from state to state. Let's assume everyone lives in a state that collects no taxes (I have no idea how that government would function) that means after federal taxes you would be earning around $28400. [URL='https://www.rentable.co/rental-data']Rents vary from city to cit[/URL]y so I chose my city from the list I linked to and the average rent of a studio apartment (hopefully you don't have kids) is $1015 or $12180 a year leaving $16220. From that you have to pay utilities, buy food, make your car payment, pay insurance, pay for your cell phone and whatever other bills you have to pay out of necessity. All of those bills increase if you are not a single person with no kids. Then you have to cope with catastrophic events like a major car repairs or expensive medical bills. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-08-06/report-15-hourly-wage-isnt-livable-anywhere-in-the-us[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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